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Brown Bag" French Apple Pie

A home-style Brown Bag" French Apple Pie made with All Purpose Flour Tbls Lemon Juice, Salt Topping, Shortening Granulated Sugar, Tart Apples Peeled Butter, and Granulated Sugar Vanilla Ice Cream. Save it, add the ingredients to your shopping list, and cook it tonight.

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cup
• 1/2 tsp
• 1/2 cup
• 8 cup
• 1/4 cup
• 1 tsp

Method (preview)

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.

2. 2

   Combine the first measure of flour, salt and shortening using a pastry blender until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.

3. 3

   Stir in the water a little at a time, using a fork, and form the dough into a ball.

4. 4

   Roll out the pastry dough on a lightly floured board.

5. 5

   Roll to an 11 ″ or 12 ″ diameter.

6. 6

   Fit into a 9 ″ pie pan and flute the edges.

7. 7

   Combine the sugar, the second measure of flour, the cinnamon, the nutmeg and the lemon juice in a large bowl.

8. 8

   Toss the apple slices in the mixture.

9. 9

   Arrange the apple slices in the pie crust.

10. 10

    Combine the sugar and flour in a bowl and cut in the butter using a pastry cutter.

11. 11

    Sprinkle the topping over the apple filling.

12. 12

    Place the pie in the LARGE paper bag.

13. 13

    Place the paper bag on a baking sheet and loosely fold the open end of the bag under.

14. 14

    Bake until the apples are tender (50-60 minutes).

15. 15

    Carefully remove the pie from the bag - CAUTION: WATCH OUT FOR THE STEAM

16. 16

    COMING OUT OF THE BAG!

17. 17

    Serve warm with generous portions of vanilla ice cream.